Vargas, aged 36, is one of 13 defendants — six from ETA and seven from the FARC — charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist homicide. ETA is considered a terrorist organization by Europe and the United States.

The charge was brought by Spanish judge Eloy Velasco for allegedly collaborating to use bombs to attack, among others, former presidents Alvaro Uribe and Andres Pastrana in Spain.

On April 8 Colombian authorities announced the capture of Vargas Salazar, alias “Chato” or “Juantxo,” in the municipality of Caucasia in the department of Antioquia.

Spain requests extradition of ‘FARC’ member and ETA collaborator was last modified: May 13th, 2011 by Toni Peters